• Focus – Customer discovery and market validation. Test your assumptions!
• Duration – Nine weeks
• Delivery – Hybrid, with in-person immersion and showcase event at the culmination of program journey
• Cost to participate – Free

Impact pathway – We work with researchers at any stage of their project who are exploring ALL pathways to impact

🚀 EIGHT key takeaways researchers gain from their ON Prime program journey:

1. Uplift industry engagement skills
2. Shape the focus of your industry engagement
3. Explore new applications or sectors for existing technology
4. Test assumptions before applying for grant or funding
5. Identify new funding avenues
6. Gain market evidence to support internal strategic funding
7. Stress test through market validation
8. De-risk commercialisation risks prior to investment stage

Incentive – Up to $5,000 to reward engagement and learning velocity

IP ownership – Retained by team or sponsoring institute

Venture equity taken – None

Annual intake – 100 teams (across two intakes a year)

Application period – Applications for the next round of ON Prime are currently open, with applications due 26 February 2025.

It is anticipated that calls will be open twice a year. At the beginning of the year and around mid-year. Please join our mailing list to stay up to date Subscribe to ON Program Updates

Want to find out more about the ON Prime program?

Dial into one of our upcoming Applicant Briefing Sessions to find out more:

• Applicant Briefing Session 23-Jan-25 12:00 pm (AEDT)
• Applicant Briefing Session 5-Feb-25 10:30 am (AEDT)
• Applicant Briefing Session 17-Feb-25 12:30 am (AEDT)

OR Catch CSIRO’s applicant briefing session from 9 July, 2024 here: Vbrick Rev™

To register for an Applicant Briefing Session or to contact CSIRO with a question, please email the team via 📩 on@csiro.au